How Do You Make Chain Mail Armor?
Chain mail has been the best-known and widely used material for armor for millennia. It’s appearance is synonymous with the medieval knight and, more recently, with fantasy stories and films. Many use this material for reenactment and fair costumes due to its relatively easy construction and low expense.While there are many different ways to make chain mail, the easiest and most widely used method is the European 4-in-1 weave. We’ll make just a flat sheet to start, of the type that might have been sewn into a leather undercoat. The pattern can be adapted to any design you’d like to make after you’ve had some practice. Make the rings. The dowel rod should be the diameter that you want to make the rings, probably between 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch. Wind the wire in a fairly tight spiral around the dowel and cut it off from the spool. Using wire cutters, snip each coil of the wire at the same place the entire length of the spiral. You should be left with open rings–these will make up the chai
